Ego:Echo
Encyclopedia
Ego: Echo is the fourth album by French
post-rock
band Ulan Bator
. It was produced by Michael Gira
, former member of the band Swans
and head of Young God Records
. The album was recorded in Italy
at Emme Studio (Calenzano
, Toscana)
all songs Cambuzat/Manchion
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
band Ulan Bator
Ulan Bator (band)
Ulan Bator is a French experimental post-rock band founded in 1993 by Amaury Cambuzat and Olivier Manchion. They got their name from Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia...
. It was produced by Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Rolfe Gira is an American musician, author, and artist. He is the main force behind the recently reformed New York City musical group Swans and fronts the Angels of Light...
, former member of the band Swans
Swans (band)
Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...
and head of Young God Records
Young God Records
Young God Records is an independent record label formed by Michael Gira in 1990 that specializes in experimental, avant-garde and often non genre-specific releases...
. The album was recorded in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
at Emme Studio (Calenzano
Calenzano
Calenzano is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 11 km northwest of Florence...
, Toscana)
Track listing
- "Hemisphere" – 8:42
- "Santa Lucia" (part 1+2) – 6:14
- "Etoile Astre" – 4:32
- "Let Go Ego" – 16:10
- "Hiver" – 3:57
- "Selva" – 1:40
- "La Joueuse de Tambour" – 6:34
- "Soeur Violence" (part 1+2) – 6:25
- "Echo" (Part 1+2+3) – 10:06
all songs Cambuzat/Manchion
Musicians
- Amaury Cambuzat: voice, guitar, piano, organ...
- Olivier ManchionOlivier ManchionOlivier Manchion is a French musician born in Suresnes, near Paris.In 1987 he started to perform on bass guitar together with Amaury Cambuzat. They founded Ulan Bator in 1993. They start to release albums in 1995 on Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier label...
: bass, electronics, backward vocals... - Matteo Dainese: drums
Guested musicians
- Jean-Hervé Péron (FaustFaust (band)Faust are a German krautrock band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.-History:Faust...
): French horn, trumpet (Soeur Violence #2) - Michael GiraMichael GiraMichael Rolfe Gira is an American musician, author, and artist. He is the main force behind the recently reformed New York City musical group Swans and fronts the Angels of Light...
: voice (La Joueuse De Tambour, Soeur Violence #2)